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Research is the systematic study of technologies, systems, attack methods, vulnerabilities, and defensive techniques to establish evidence and produce new findings. In information security, it includes work such as discovering flaws in software or protocols, analyzing malware and attacker behavior, testing cryptographic designs, and evaluating security controls. News under this tag may describe a proof of concept, a measurement study, or a proposed technique rather than a confirmed real-world attack.
For practitioners, research can change how risks are prioritized and mitigated. A demonstrated vulnerability may require vulnerability-management teams to verify affected assets, apply fixes, or add compensating controls; responsible disclosure gives developers time to assess and remediate before technical details enable exploitation. Research involving live systems, personal data, or offensive tooling also raises privacy, authorization, dual-use, and ethical concerns. Sound findings should state their assumptions, scope, limitations, and reproducibility, since laboratory results do not automatically show that an attack is practical in every environment.
The recent large scale supply chain attack conducted via multiple CDNs, namely Polyfill.io, BootCDN, Bootcss, and Staticfile that affected up to tens of millions of websites has been traced to a common operator. Researchers discovered a public GitHub repository with leaked API keys helping them draw a conclusion. [...]
Security researchers have shed more light on the cryptocurrency mining operation conducted by the 8220 Gang by exploiting known security flaws in the Oracle WebLogic Server
A group of security researchers from the Graz University of Technology have demonstrated a new side-channel attack known as SnailLoad that could be used to remotely infer a user's web activity
Multiple security flaws have been disclosed in Emerson Rosemount gas chromatographs that could be exploited by malicious actors to obtain sensitive information, induce a denial-of-service (DoS) condition, and even execute arbitrary commands
Microsoft Dubs the Technique 'Skeleton Key'Artificial intelligence researchers say they came up with a new way to trick chatbots into circumventing safeguards and dispensing information that otherwise goes against their programming. They tell the bots that the information is for educational purposes and ask it to append warnings.
While some SaaS threats are clear and visible, others are hidden in plain sight, both posing significant risks to your organization. Wing's research indicates that an astounding 99.7% of organizations utilize applications embedded with AI functionalities. These AI-driven tools are indispensable, providing seamless experiences from collaboration and communication to work management and
Researchers Say Manufacturer Proges Plus Hasn't Responded to Vulnerability FindingsVulnerabilities in internet-connected temperature monitoring devices - and an accompanying desktop application - mainly used in hospitals could be exploited by hackers to exfiltrate sensitive data or compromise temperature monitoring integrity, researchers warn.
The owners of Polyfill.io have relaunched the JavaScript CDN service on a new domain after polyfill.io was shut down as researchers exposed it was delivering malicious code on upwards of 100,000 websites.. The Polyfill service claims that it has been "maliciously defamed" and been subject to "media messages slandering Polyfill." [...]
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity security flaw in the Vanna.AI library that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution vulnerability via prompt injection techniques
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published research looking into 172 key open-source projects and whether they are susceptible to memory flaws. [...]
A growing number of malware operators have turned to cloud-based command and control servers to deploy malicious campaigns, Fortinet researchers found
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an updated version of an Android banking trojan called Medusa that has been used to target users in Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the U.K., and the U.S
Companies Eager for Tools Are Putting AI's Transformative Power Ahead of SecurityHackers targeting a popular open-source project for running artificial intelligence tool Ollama could run into a big "Probllama" if they haven't yet patched, said security researchers from Wiz. Companies are focusing on AI's transformative power at the cost of its security.
The framework aims to improve automated vulnerability discovery approaches
A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed Boolka has been observed compromising websites with malicious scripts to deliver a modular trojan codenamed BMANAGER
Hackers Part of Callisto and Armageddon GroupsThe European Union sanctioned four Russian domestic intelligence agency hackers including two military officers who participated in what researchers have described as "hack and leak" operations. Also coming under sanctions are ransomware hackers part of the Wizard Spider criminal group.
An earlier publication by Check Point Research had already linked Rafel to the APT-C-35/DoNot Team
Google has developed a new framework called Project Naptime that it says enables a large language model (LLM) to carry out vulnerability research with an aim to improve automated discovery approaches
Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a now-patched security flaw affecting the Ollama open-source artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure platform that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution